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of sorghum, of entirely red colour. This red grain, 
" ja-n-dawa," or " bairi boderi," which I have already 
had occasion to mention, is very common in the 
southern parts of Negroland, below the tenth degree 
of latitude, and in some districts, as in the Miisgu 
country, seems to prevail almost exclusively ; but it 
was at the time new to me, and I found it extremely 
nauseous. The paste of white durra, " fari n dawa," 
or " bairi dhanneri," is generally so well cooked in 
A'damawa, being formed into large rolls of four inches 
in length, and from two to three inches thick in the 
middle, that even when cold it is quite eatable, and 
in this state generally formed my breakfast on the 
road ; for my palatable chebchebe from Kiikawa, like 
all nice things in the world, were soon gone. 
Gradually we entered another rugged wilderness, 
from which we did not emerge till a quarter before 
ten o'clock, when a marina, or dyeing place, indi- 
cated the neighbourhood of a centre of civilization 
unusual in this country. A few minutes more, and 
we reached the northern village of Sarawu, which is 
inhabited almost exclusively by Bornu people, and 
is therefore called Sarawu Berebere. On the side from 
which we arrived the village is open, and does not 
seem to be thickly inhabited, but further to the south 
the population is denser. Having halted some time 
on a small open space in the middle of the village in 
the shade of a small terebinth, we were conducted 
into very excellent quarters, which seem to deserve 
a short description. 
